Pax begging for flight

[jhugz]

Again, we are a different shop. Passenger boarding and keeping a flight on time versus taking a delay, is considered by our shop as a business decision, outside the purview of the PIC authority.

Good thing I’m where I’m at then.

 

[Cherokee_Cruiser]

Good thing I’m where I’m at then.

I mean. I get the airline’s side. You delaying this flight to take someone running late, well now you risk the downline flight being delayed.


If someone isn’t onboard 10 minutes prior to departure, it wasn’t meant to be. The airline will reschedule them. No point screwing the other 177 people waiting inside the plane, while you go play Captain to get that last passenger on and delay the flight for everyone else.




Our cutoff is 10 minutes. At best, I’ll tell the gate agent I’m okay with 5 prior if they are, and I’ll still get the flight blocked out on time.

 

[jhugz]

I mean. I get the airline’s side. You delaying this flight to take someone running late, well now you risk the downline flight being delayed.


If someone isn’t onboard 10 minutes prior to departure, it wasn’t meant to be. The airline will reschedule them. No point screwing the other 177 people waiting inside the plane, while you go play Captain to get that last passenger on and delay the flight for everyone else.




Our cutoff is 10 minutes. At best, I’ll tell the gate agent I’m okay with 5 prior if they are, and I’ll still get the flight blocked out on time.

I have the tools to look at things like connections and the outbound flight. I’m not talking about delaying a flight for 20 mins for 1 passenger, but preventing an overzealous gate agent from closing 10-15 early while security was a mess, yes. Or that same agent that closed on a party of three 10 early is now at the gate 8 minutes prior, yup, jet bridge is coming back.